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The Other Side/El Otro Lado
La revisión de libro de los tiempos de Nueva York ha elogiado la ficción de Alvarez's mientras que "powerful... captura maravillosamente la experiencia del umbral del nuevo inmigrante donde no está todavía una memoria el pasado y el futuro sigue siendo un dream." ansioso; Estas mismas calidades caracterizan su poesía - del "Making encima del Past" poemas, que exploran una...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
December 1st 1996
by Plume
(first published 1995)
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Dec 09, 2012
Judy
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Recommends it for:
free verse poetry lovers
Recommended to Judy by:
Julia Alvarez
The Other Side is a nice sampling of Alvarez's autobiographical poetry. It is divided into 6 sections:
I Bilingual Sestina
II The Gladys Poems - A reflection of Alvarez's childhood in the Dominican Republic and the singing maid, Gladys.
III Making Up the Past - These poems are about the melting into the American life.
IV The Joe Poems - I really liked this collection of poems. The reader could see the exciting beginning of the relationship fade to the destined breaking off.
V The Other Side - The st...more
I Bilingual Sestina
II The Gladys Poems - A reflection of Alvarez's childhood in the Dominican Republic and the singing maid, Gladys.
III Making Up the Past - These poems are about the melting into the American life.
IV The Joe Poems - I really liked this collection of poems. The reader could see the exciting beginning of the relationship fade to the destined breaking off.
V The Other Side - The st...more
On my mind, Alvarez is one of the queens in Latina literature. Love her poetry, prose and fiction. As I am learning the Spanish language, reading poetry and listening to music in the language helps it 'stick'.
I'd forgotten how delicious this Mangú’ of a book was. Well worth the second look I gave it.
julia alvarez always comes through. most of her poetry was more like short stories or vinettes. but love love love her writing.
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Julia Alvarez was born in New York City. Her parents moved back to the Dominican Republic when Alvarez was 3 months old and she was raised there until she was 10, when the family moved back to NYC.
She is currently writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and the owner of a coffee farm named Alta Gracia, near Jarabacoa in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. The farm hosts a school to teach l...more
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She is currently writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and the owner of a coffee farm named Alta Gracia, near Jarabacoa in the mountains of the Dominican Republic. The farm hosts a school to teach l...more
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